13 November 2009 Railways pay PR price for cheaper coach fare Network Rail has scored a spectacular public relations own goal by sending its staff to a conference by coach, because the cost of travelling by train was far too expensive.
11 November 2009 PM condolence letter spells PR sorrow The Sun has turned up the heat on its campaign to humiliate PM Gordon Brown over his slapdash letter of condolence by releasing a recording of his late-night phone call to the dead soldier's mother.
6 November 2009 Parking howler a smashing PR gift Hyundai is celebrating a PR smash by presenting a distraught Hyundai owner with a brand new car after spotting a YouTube video showing security footage of his car being flattened by a feckless 4x4 driver in a Canadian parking lot.
4 November 2009 Pret fresh message fowl-up Pret a Manger is in PR trouble again after the national press revealed that it had been peddling misinformation about the origin of its chicken, just days after being named and shamed for false claims about the freshness of its fish.
30 October 2009 Mobile operator digs PR hole An elaborate PR stunt has fallen flat on its face after the mobile operator behind a hoax meteorite crater in Latvia admitted it had dug the hole and staged the fireball strike, leaving the Latvian government no choice but to cancel contracts with the company.
28 October 2009 Social sites banned as productivity suffers The PR industry is urging companies to think carefully about their workplace usage policies in relation to social networks after the results of new research prompted several leading companies to enforce a ban on the use of Twitter.
23 October 2009 Smart cookie creates crafty biscuit campaign PR practitioners have been congratulating the smart cookie behind a spoof health and safety campaign about the dangers of biscuits that has created valuable publicity for a leading biscuit manufacturer.
21 October 2009 Moir leaves Mail in PR mire The journalist at the centre of the public backlash against the Daily Mail over an article about Stephen Gately's untimely death has left the newspaper in a public relations quagmire, after the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) ordered it to respond to a record number of complaints.
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